# Helcim

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/helcim

- Industry: Financial Services
- Headquarters: Calgary, Canada
- Website: www.helcim.com
- Total disclosed funding: $66M
- Latest round: Series C (Aug 21, 2026)
- Investors on record: 13

## About

Founded in 2006 and based in Alberta, Canada, Helcim Inc. is a payments company that makes it simple for businesses to accept credit cards. In August 2026, Helcim Inc. raised CAD 53million in series C funding led by BDC Capital, with participation from  Curql, Gold House Ventures, Aquiline Capital Partners, Clocktower Ventures, Headline, Information Venture Partners, Vesey Ventures, and Accelerate Fund also participated in the round. Nic Beique is the CEO of the company.


The company also offers its full-stack payment solution, including hardware certifications, settlement systems, fraud detection, underwriting, bank relationships, and connectivity to the card networks. The startup offers payment tools including the Helcim card reader, point-of-sale app, virtual terminal, invoicing, hosted payment pages, recurring and subscriptions, customer portal, online store, and online food ordering. The firm's payment methods include debit and credit card processing, international payments, ACH bank transfer processing (US), and EFT/PAD processing (Canada).

Helcim Inc. generates revenue by taking a small portion of the transaction fee from the credit card, debit card, and bank transfers it processes.

The organization plans to use the August 2026 funding to expand its payments platform, add financial services for merchants, and grow partnerships with banks and credit unions.

## Funding rounds

- Series C, Aug 21, 2026, $38M — BDC Capital, Yaletown Partners, Headline, Aquiline Capital Partners, Information Venture Partners, Curql, Gold House Ventures, Vesey Ventures, Clocktower Ventures
- Series B, Feb 26, 2024, $15M — Yaletown Partners, Headline, Information Venture Partners, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Aquiline Technology Growth, SilverCircle, Vesey Ventures
- Series A, Mar 21, 2022, $13M — Generation Partners, Yaletown Partners, Information Venture Partners, Aquiline Technology Growth

## Investors

- Generation Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/generation-partners) — Series A
- Yaletown Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/yaletown-partners) — Series A, Series B, Series C
- Information Venture Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/information-venture-partners) — Series A, Series B, Series C
- Aquiline Technology Growth — Series A, Series B
- Headline (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/headline) — Series B, Series C
- Clocktower Technology Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/clocktower-technology-ventures) — Series B
- SilverCircle (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/silvercircle) — Series B
- Vesey Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/vesey-ventures) — Series B, Series C
- BDC Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/bdc-capital) — Series C
- Aquiline Capital Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/aquiline-capital-partners) — Series C
- Curql (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/curql) — Series C
- Gold House Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/gold-house-ventures) — Series C
- Clocktower Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/clocktower-ventures) — Series C